Tivoli Storage Manager AFS/DFS Backup Clients


About This Book

Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) AFS/DFS Backup Clients system support allows you to back up and restore AFS/DFS files and volumes/filesets. This book provides information to help you set up and use the TSM AFS/DFS Backup Clients on an AIX workstation. You should be familiar with your AIX workstation, your operating system, your AFS/DFS file backup systems, and your basic TSM system administration.

Use this book to back up and archive your workstation files.

The phrase, ROOT USER identifies information for the root user.

The phrase, TSM AUTHORIZED USER identifies information for TSM authorized users.

A TSM authorized user is any user with a real user identification number (uid) of 0 (root) or owns an executable with owner execution permission bit s. In the following example, user tivoli is a TSM authorized user while running dsmc commands since the dsmc owner execution permission bit is s:

   -rwsr-xr-x  1  tivoli  dsmdev  2880479  Nov  5 13:42  dsmc* 

Contacting Customer Support

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International customers should consult the Web site for customer support telephone numbers.

You can also review the Customer Support Handbook, that is available on our Web site at http://www.tivoli.com/support/handbook/.

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Conventions Used in This Book

This book uses the following typographical conventions:

Table 1. Typographical Conventions

Example Description
autoexec.ncf A series of lowercase letters with an extension indicates program file names.
archive Boldface type indicates a command that you type at a workstation, such as a command you type on a command line.
dateformat Boldface italic type indicates a TSM option. The bold type is used to introduce the option, or an example. All other times in the text it appears as regular font.

Occasionally, file names are entered in boldface italic for emphasis.

filespec Italicized type indicates either the name of a parameter, a new term, or a placeholder for information that you provide.

Italics are also used for emphasis in the text.

maxcmdretries Monospaced type represents fragments of a program or information as it would appear on a display screen.
plus sign (+) A plus sign between two keys indicates you should press both keys at the same time.

Reading Syntax Diagrams

This section describes how to read the syntax diagrams used in this book. To read a syntax diagram, follow the path of the line. Read from left to right, and top to bottom.

Syntax items, such as a keyword or variable, can be:


Syntax Diagram Description Example
Abbreviations:

Uppercase letters denote the shortest acceptable truncation. If an item appears entirely in uppercase letters, it cannot be truncated.

You can type the item in any combination of uppercase or lowercase letters.

In this example, you can enter KEYWO, KEYWORD, or KEYWOrd.

>>-KEYWOrd-----------------------------------------------------><
 

Symbols:

Enter these symbols exactly as they appear in the syntax diagram.

*
Asterisk
{ }
Braces
:
Colon
,
Comma
=
Equal Sign
-
Hyphen
()
Parentheses
.
Period
 
Space

Variables:

Italicized lowercase items (var_name) denote variables.

In this example, you can specify a var_name when you enter the KEYWORD command.

>>-KEYWOrd--var_name-------------------------------------------><
 

Repetition:

An arrow returning to the left means you can repeat the item.

A character or space within the arrow means you must separate repeated items with that character or space.

A footnote by the arrow references the number of times you can repeat the item.

   .-----------.
   V           |
>>----repeat---+-----------------------------------------------><
 

   .-,---------.
   V           |
>>----repeat---+-----------------------------------------------><
 

   .----------------.
   V         (1)    |
>>----repeat--------+------------------------------------------><
 

Notes:

  1. Specify repeat as many as 5 times.


Required Choices:

When two or more items are in a stack and one of them is on the line, you must specify one item.

In this example, you must choose A, B, or C.

>>-+-A-+-------------------------------------------------------><
   +-B-+
   '-C-'
 

Optional Choice:

When an item is below the line, that item is optional. In the first example, you can choose A or nothing at all.

When two or more items are in a stack below the line, all of them are optional. In the second example, you can choose A, B, C, or nothing at all.

>>-+---+-------------------------------------------------------><
   '-A-'
 

>>-+---+-------------------------------------------------------><
   +-A-+
   +-B-+
   '-C-'
 

Defaults:

Defaults are above the line. The default is selected unless you override it. You can override the default by including an option from the stack below the line.

In this example, A is the default. You can override A by choosing B or C. You can also specify the default explicitly.

   .-A--.
>>-+----+------------------------------------------------------><
   +-B--+
   '-C--'
 

Repeatable Choices:

A stack of items followed by an arrow returning to the left means you can select more than one item or, in some cases, repeat a single item.

In this example, you can choose any combination of A, B, or C.

   .--------.
   V        |
>>---+-A-+--+--------------------------------------------------><
     +-B-+
     '-C-'
 

Syntax Fragments:

Some diagrams, because of their length, must fragment the syntax. The fragment name appears between vertical bars in the diagram. The expanded fragment appears between vertical bars in the diagram after a heading with the same fragment name.

>>-| The fragment name |---------------------------------------><
 
The fragment name
 
    .-A--.
|---+----+------------------------------------------------------|
    +-B--+
    '-C--'
 


Related Publications

Included here is a list of the publications that are part of the Tivoli Storage Manager library. Some of these might be referred to in this manual.

Table 2. TSM Client Publications

Short Title Publication Title Order Number
TSM Messages Tivoli Storage Manager Messages GC35-0405
TSM Installing the Clients Tivoli Storage Manager Installing the Clients SH26-4119
TSM for Windows Using the Backup-Archive Clients Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Using the Backup-Archive Clients SH26-4117
TSM for NetWare Using the Backup-Archive Client Tivoli Storage Manager for NetWare Using the Backup-Archive Client SH26-4116
TSM for UNIX Using the Backup-Archive Clients Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX Using the Backup-Archive Clients SH26-4122
TSM AFS/DFS Backup Clients Tivoli Storage Manager AFS/DFS Backup Clients SH26-4124
Using the API Tivoli Storage Manager Using the Application Programming Interface SH26-4123
TSM Reference Cards for the Backup-Archive Clients Tivoli Storage Manager Reference Cards for the Backup-Archive Clients SH26-4118
TSM Trace Facility Guide Tivoli Storage Manager Trace Facility Guide SH26-4121

The Tivoli Storage Manager publications are available on the following CD-ROM:

Tivoli Storage Manager Publications Version 4.1, SK3T-1417.

TSM publications are available in softcopy on the TSM Web site at the following URL:

   http://www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr/tivolimain.html


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